Introductions - Another greeting from South Carolina!

Hi Y'all.

I've been reading this forum since before I bought a bike. I am a new roadie with a Trek 1200 that I have thoroughly enjoyed! My rides are mostly around the upstate of South Carolina, with flats and rolling hills. (although I did take my bike to the mountains last week for the ride of my life!)

Anyway, I hope to contribute to what I think is the best forum I've seen. Thanks!

welcome :)

-- michael in tennessee

This is an awesome forum. It is the first one i joined after getting my new bike this spring, a recumbent. I have and old Trek 1000 road bike but it hasn't been out of the garage since getting the 'bent. When I bought my Trek I was told that other than the upgraded components the only difference between the 2 bikes was the 1200 has an aluminum fork and not steel like the 1000. Welcome to the forums!

'bent brian

Welcome to the forums, Carolina!

Your awesome ride last week wasn't the Polk County Fabulous Fourth Metric was it? It went up the Greenville watershed as part of the course. It was pretty awesome!

I'd done that ride about 10 years ago and did it again last week and the hills haven't gotten any shorter!

Welcome to the forums, Carolina!

Your awesome ride last week wasn't the Polk County Fabulous Fourth Metric was it? It went up the Greenville watershed as part of the course. It was pretty awesome!

I'd done that ride about 10 years ago and did it again last week and the hills haven't gotten any shorter!


Actuallly, I was alone on my ride. I was staying in a house on top of a mountain in Sky Valley, Ga. I got up early for my first ever ride in the mountains. The first fourteen miles were pure joy. I was hitting 47 miles per hour coming down the mountains. I could have gone faster, but I started thinking, "If I go over the rail, no one will EVER find me!" When I was about two towns from the house, I got caught by a sudden thunderstorm. No big deal. I found a little shelter. While I was waiting, I began to realize that I would soon have to pay for my top speeds coming down the mountains. It was time to go back up!
So, soaking wet, I started my trip back up. I learned a few things on the way back up that mountain (about 4200 feet elevation). First of all, I'm glad I had a triple! (you more experienced riders can save the comments). Second, I found out that if I picked out landmarks to reach, the ride up a mountain isn't so bad. For example.. "If I can make it so that speed limit sign, I'll be ok." Third, I learned that there's nothing quite as spectacular as pedaling up a mountain and looking back, seeing the two towns you were just riding through, and knowing that those little hills back home are child's play the next time I see them!

This is an awesome forum. It is the first one i joined after getting my new bike this spring, a recumbent. I have and old Trek 1000 road bike but it hasn't been out of the garage since getting the 'bent. When I bought my Trek I was told that other than the upgraded components the only difference between the 2 bikes was the 1200 has an aluminum fork and not steel like the 1000. Welcome to the forums!

'bent brian

FYI,

The new Trek 1200 has a carbon fork. Mine also came with a Tiagra/105 combo that works pretty well.